Education MFA University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 1985-87 BFA Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, Washington, 1981-83
Solo Exhibitions Smith and Vallee Gallery, Jean Behnke, Edison, WA, 2024 (upcoming) Smith and Vallee Gallery, Jean Behnke, Edison, WA, 2022 Perry and Carlson Gallery, “Falling into Alignment”, Mt. Vernon, WA, 2020 Perry and Carlson Gallery, “Jean Behnke: Standing Still, Looking Back”, Mt, Vernon, WA, 2019 Shoreline Community College, Jean Behnke, Shoreline, WA, 2015 Anchor Art Space, Jean Behnke, Anacortes, WA, 2014 Gallery Cygnus, “I’ll know it when I see It”, 2013 Kuhlman, “From the Outskirts”, Seattle, WA, 2008 Kuhlman, Jean Behnke, Seattle, WA, 2005 Meloy Gallery, Jean Behnke, Bellingham, WA, 2004, 1999 Fisher Gallery, Jean Behnke, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, 1998 The Art Gym, “Sculpture More Like Thought”, Portland, OR, 1994 Women & Their Work Gallery, “Sculpture More Like Thought”, Austin, TX, 1992 Guadalupe Cultural Center, “Crossing Boundaries”, San Antonio, TX, 1991 Koehler Cultural Center, Jean Behnke, San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX, 1988
Selected Group Exhibitions 2023 Smith and Vallee Gallery, Fl#cked: 11th Bird Invitational, Edison, WA
2022 Art at the Port Invitational, AAF, Anacortes, WA Juror: Greg Robinson, BAM Arts Alive Invitational, La Conner Arts Commission, La Conner, WA Year in Review 2022, Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA Behnke Family Show, Lopez Community Library, Lopez, WA
2020 Perry & Carlson Gallery, A Delicate Balance, Mount Vernon, WA Smith and Vallee Gallery, Bird’s Eye View, Edison, WA
2019 San Juan Islands Museum, Deep Dive, Friday Harbor, WA San Juan Islands Museum of Art, Registry Show, SJIMA, Friday Harbor, WA
2018 Smith and Vallee Gallery, Jean Behnke, Caryn Friedlander, Edison, WA
2017 San Juan Islands Museum of Art, From Rocky Outcroppings: Jean Behnke, Michael Peterson, Peter de Lory, San Juan Island, WA
2016 San Juan Islands Museum of Art, Spirit Taking Form, Friday Harbor, WA Schack Art Center, Skagit Women Print & Friends, Everett, WA Art at the Port Exhibition, AAF, Anacortes, WA, Juror: Barbara Shaiman, SAM
2015 Museum of Northwest Art, Surge, Juror: Christopher Shainin, Director, MoNA, La Conner, WA Art at the Port, AAF, Anacortes, WA, Zeitgeist, Juror: Stephano Catalani, BAM Arts Alive Invitational, La Conner Arts Commission, La Conner, WA Skagit Women Print, Shoreline College, Shoreline, WA
2014 Skagit Women Print, Anchor art space, Anacortes, WA San Juan Islands Museum of Art, Unveiling, Friday Harbor, WA Smith and Vallee Gallery, SKY, Edison, WA Air, Earth, Water, Art at the Port, AAF, Anacortes, WA, Juror: Patricia Watkinson
2013 The Meaning Of Wood, Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA From Here to There, Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA The Meaning Of Wood, Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA Particles on the Wall, WSU Tri-Cities, Richland, WA Goat Head Press Exhibition, Tieton WA Nature in the Balance, Juror: Barbara Matilsky, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA Surface: print work and process, Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon, WA
2012 On to the Next One: NW Printmakers, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA Winter is the King of Showmen, Islands Museum of Art, Friday Harbor, WA Extended Outlook: Artists take on the Weather, Anchor, Anacortes, WA Steam Roller Printing Project, Anacortes Art Festival, Anacortes, WA
2011 Fate of the Forest, Juror: Barbara Matilsky, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA Four Friends: New work, Anchor art space, Anacortes, WA Steam Roller Printing Project, Anacortes Art Festival, Anacortes, WA
2010 Art at the Port, AAF, Juror: Esther Lutkheisen, Anacortes, WA
2009 You are Here: Jean Behnke & Mark Sherer, Golden West Gallery, Stehekin, WA
2008 Jean Behnke and Jeff Hanks, Peter de Lory, Anchor art space, Anacortes, WA
Six Northwest Printmakers, Golden West Gallery, Stehekin, WA
2007 A Wild Nature, Islands Museum of Art, Curator: Jean Behnke, Friday Harbor, WA Seattle Printmakers Invitational, Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
2004 Northwest Biennial: Buildingwise, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Spatially Inspired: Media and Form, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Bound to Stehekin, Golden West Gallery, Stehekin, WA
2000 Orchard Memories: Jean Behnke, Kay Kirkpatrick, Peter de Lory, Stehekin, WA
1999 2nd Annual Print Exhibition, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
1997 I Saw, She Saw: Jean Behnke & Kay Kirkpatrick, Golden West Gallery, Stehekin, WA
1995 COCA NW Annual, Center on Contemporary Arts, Seattle, WA Agents of Change, Curator: Peggy Weiss, WA State Convention Center, Seattle, WA Kirkland Arts Center Annual, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA The Bridge, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
1993 Dan Doak and Jean Behnke, NW Craft Center, Seattle, WA Lost and Found, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
1991 Jean Behnke: Crossing Media, Guadalupe Cultural Center, San Antonio, TX
1990 Contemporary Ceramics Invitational, Institute of the Permian Basin, Odessa, TX Behnke & St. John, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX Behnke & Harmon, 132 Blue Star Gallery, San Antonio, TX
1989 Nostra, Arte-universita della Georgia, Cortona, Italy
1987 Blue Star II, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX Jean Behnke & Steve Fisher, Invitational Show, Midland College, Midland, TX Sculpture: San Antonio, NCECA Invitational, Curator: Steve Reynolds, San Antonio, TX
1986 Women of the Big State, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
1984 Works in Clay, Jackson Street Gallery, Seattle, WA
Commissions Bench for Pace, Bellevue, WA 2008 Bucks for PACE, purchased by Mulvanney G2 Architects, Bellevue, WA, 2006 Public Tile Project, Lopez Community Center for the Arts, Lopez, WA, 1999-04 Temporary Public Project, Sound Transit Art Program, Seattle, WA, 2001 Epicenter: site-specific installation, Sun Valley Center Campus, Ketchum, ID, 1982 Public Mural Administration Building, Sun Valley Center, Sun Valley, ID, 1978
Scholarships 2012, 2011, 2008 Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO, Presidential scholarship awards 1978 Sun Valley Center, ID, scholarship award for outstanding ceramic work 1985 & 1987 University of Texas at San Antonio, scholarship for excellent work
Selected Private Collections Tina Marie Brown, Anacortes, WA Alex Kuo & Joan Burbick, Anacortes, WA Andrea and Andrew Vallee, Edison, WA Jan Hersey, Anacortes, WA Ian Craigie, Bellingham, WA Karen Duddlesten, Bellingham, WA Margot Schenet, Bellingham, WA Sina Pearson, New York, NY Sherri Anderson, Redmond, WA Chris Burrows, Seattle, WA Laura Goddard, Somerville, NJ Helen Stusser, Seattle, WA Steve Lindstrom, Tumwater, WA Liz and Jeff Malinoff, Lopez, WA Grace Nordhoff, Seattle, WA Bruce and Pam Bayuk, Pawtucket, RI Roberta Watterson, Seattle, WA Rip and Julie Van Camp, Lopez, WA Tim and Betsey Clark, Lopez, WA Katherine & Ron Glowen, Arlington, WA Bruce Botts, Lopez, WA Michael Rohlfing, Anacortes, WA Scott Kuhlman, Seattle, WA Natalie Roush, Lopez Island, WA Alan Karlberg, Seattle, WA Larry Bullis/Jane Alynn, Anacortes, WA Muriel Van Housen, Seattle, WA Nicolette & Tim Harrington, LaConner, WA Kathryn Norgaard, Anacortes, WA Steve Jensen, Seattle, WA Susan Parke, Anacortes, WA
Selected Curatorial Work and Professional Experience 2020 Print Austin, 3-Day Festival. Exhibition booth, print demonstration, Austin, TX 2017 Curation, Catalog publication, San Juan Islands Museum of Art, From Rocky Outcroppings: Jean Behnke, Michael Peterson, Peter de Lory 2015 Presenter, Pecha Kucha Talk, MoNA, La Conner, WA 2013-15 Sculpture Program Chair, La Conner Art Commission, La Conner, WA 2012-14 Board of Directors, Anchor Art Space, Anacortes, WA 2012-14 Regional Presenter, Artist Trust at Large Program, Seattle, WA 2012-14 Member, Goathead Press Studio, Mighty Tieton Warehouse, Tieton, WA 2012 Steam Roller Print Project, Anacortes Art Festival, Anacortes, WA 2012 Advisory Committee, Anchor Art Space, Anacortes, WA 2012 Co-Director/Curatorial Advisor, Anchor Art Space, Anacortes, WA 2011 Exhibition Catalog, Gail Grinnell at Anchor: Tinker, Tailor, Mender, Maker 2011 Steam Roller Print Project, Anacortes Art Festival, Anacortes, WA 2010 Juror, Skagit Valley College, Annual juried student exhibition 2008-12 Founder/Owner, Anchor art space, Anacortes, WA 2005-07 911 Media Arts Center, Board of Directors, Seattle, WA 2007 Curator, “A Wild Nature”, Island Museum of Art, Friday Harbor, WA 2006 Seattle Arts Commission, Fire Stations Public Art Roster, Seattle, WA 2005 Exhibition installation assistant, MoNA, La Conner, WA 2002-05 Exhibition Coordinator, Lopez Library, Lopez, WA 2001-04 AMBP Roster, King County Arts Commission, Seattle, WA 2000-04 Seattle Arts Commission Roster, Seattle, WA 1996-99 Cornish Alumni Board of Directors, Cornish College, Seattle, WA 1991 Interdisciplinary Studies Program Dev., San Antonio College, TX 1989 Curator: “An Inventive Process”, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX 1988 Ceramics Assistant/Steve Reynolds, Arte-universita della Georgia, Cortona, Italy 1988 Post-graduate studies, University of Georgia Studies Abroad, Cortona, Italy 1986 Artist-in-Residence, Midland College, Midland, TX 1984 Artist-in Residence, Campus installation, Sun Valley Center, Sun Valley, ID 1982 Installation assistant, James Turrell, Seattle, WA 1980 Apprenticeship, Bernard Dejonque, Brianconnet, France 1979 Public Art acquisition, Sun Valley Center, Sun Valley, ID 1976 Studio Potter, Hughye Pottery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Selected Teaching Experience 2022 MONA, Drawing in the Gallery with Jean Behnke, workshop, La Conner, WA MONA, Drawing/Teen Club with Jean Behnke, workshop, La Conner, WA 2019 MONA, Drawing Lines, Seeing Form, workshop, La Conner, WA 2018 Ekero Studio, Printing from Nature, workshop, Edison, WA 2017 SJIMA, Printing from Nature, workshop, Friday Harbor WA 2016 MONA, Drawn-In, drawing workshop, La Conner, WA 2015 Shoreline Community College, printmaking workshop, Shoreline, WA 2014 Goathead Press, two-day monoprint workshop, Tieton, WA *2013-14 Skagit Valley College, Instructor, Mount Vernon, WA *2013-14 Anchor Art Space, sculpture and print workshops, Anacortes, WA 2006 San Juan Institute for Art & Nature, Print workshop, Friday Harbor, WA *1996-97 Coyote Junior High, Children’s Program, Seattle, WA *1996-97 Pac-Arts Center Youth-at-Risk, Yesler Terrace Projects, Seattle, WA *1990 Midland College, Visiting Artist, two-day workshop, Midland, TX *1988-90 San Antonio College, Academic Lecturer, San Antonio, TX 1987-88 TI-IN Network, Satellite Art ED program televised, San Antonio, TX *1981 Southwest Crafts Center, Ceramics Instructor, San Antonio, TX *1987-8 Jewish Community Center, Ceramics Instructor, San Antonio, TX *1987 University of Texas, Drawing for non-majors, San Antonio, TX *1982-3 Sun Valley Center, Ceramics/ Drawing Instructor, Sun Valley, ID *1979 Sun Valley Center, Community Program/ Drawing Instructor, Sun Valley, ID